Oh, like I said, I was just comparing aesthetics.Mikey wrote: Why? What's the correlation between the 'Wars universe and the 24th century UFP?
They do have AG technology, as evidenced by the anti-grav hand trucks, etc., we've seen in various cargo bays. However, for reasons already posted just being able to do something doesn't mean that it's the best sloution to a problem.LaughingCheese wrote:Hover vehicles seem more advanced, and the Federation seems pretty advanced as well, so I would have thought manipulating gravity would be easy pie for them.
Why? Just add a few screen displays (a sensor to find the pieces of the robot) showing the status of the vehicle, make it shiny, and slap a Federation logo on it. Tone down the overexposure so people can see the screen easily, and have Data use it to plot a route to each piece. Add a text line about Enterprise data relay, so they can see the other vehicles closing. Add lots of vehicles on the map, so they have an incentive to leave.Cpl Kendall wrote:I'd be more impressed with the Argo if they had an off-hand comment about new frictionless wheel bearings or that you didn't need to grease it then if they had shoved a generic Sci-Fi hover truck in there. I like the Argo well enough but something like that might have driven home that it was a future "space truck" or something. I dunno if that made sense or not.
For starters, an off-hand comment costs nothing unless they pay Spiner or Burton by the word.Coalition wrote:
Why? Just add a few screen displays (a sensor to find the pieces of the robot) showing the status of the vehicle, make it shiny, and slap a Federation logo on it. Tone down the overexposure so people can see the screen easily, and have Data use it to plot a route to each piece. Add a text line about Enterprise data relay, so they can see the other vehicles closing. Add lots of vehicles on the map, so they have an incentive to leave.
Or just pay a few extra bucks to the special effects crew, add an off-hand comment about magnetic diverters, and that would explain the poor accuracy of the guys following them. Have tracers being diverted to the sides slightly, but also remark that the diverter can't handle too much mass. As the chase goes on, the tracers get closer and closer, and have a ricochet bounce off near Worf. They then get away.
Good point, I hadn't thought of that.Cpl Kendall wrote:For starters, an off-hand comment costs nothing unless they pay Spiner or Burton by the word.
Picard: "Data be quiet, this episode is already over budget."Cpl Kendall wrote:For starters, an off-hand comment costs nothing unless they pay Spiner or Burton by the word.
Nor did INS. Even a film that sucks won't bomb if there is a content pre-made audience. NEM bombed because its pre-made audience (i.e., Trekkies) were already dissatisfied with the previous effort.Rochey wrote:NEM bombed because it sucked, and didn't try to attract a new audience.
